C Primer Plus®, Third Edition

Programming Exercises

1. Find out what your system does with integer overflow, floating-point overflow, and floating-point underflow by using the experimental approach; that is, write programs having these problems.

2. Write a program that asks you to enter an ASCII code value, such as 66, and then prints the character having that ASCII code.

3. Write a program that sounds the alert and then prints the following text:

   Startled by the sudden sound, Sally shouted, "By the Great Pumpkin,
   what was that!"
   

4. Write a program that reads in a floating-point number and prints it first in decimal-point notation and then in exponential notation. Have the output use the following format:

   The input is 21.290000 or 2.129000e+001.
   

5. There are approximately 3.156 × 10⁷ seconds ...